Category Archives: Cable

ONO Bets on TiVo to Reverse Subscriber Slide

Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011 by MegaZone

It looks like it is a good thing that ONO is on track to launch TiVo in Spain come September, they’re counting on the premium service to reverse a slide in subscriber count. While they’re the largest cable operator in … Continue reading →

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TiVo Cites NY Times In Urging FCC to Intensify CableCARD Oversight

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

Apparently TiVo felt the same way that I did about a recent NY Times Gadgetwise Blog entry detailing the author’s difficulties in getting a TiVo Premiere provisioned with Time Warner Cable. The entry is typical of user complaints about cable … Continue reading →

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Cable MSOs Get A Week’s Reprieve from New FCC Rules

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

Remember the new FCC rules which, among other things, mandated CableCARD self-installs starting August 1st? Well, due to a technicality, they’re now going into effect August 8th instead. Basically, while meant for August first, they take effect 30 days after … Continue reading →

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One Week Before the Deadline, Cox is Allowing CableCARD Self-Installs

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

With five says left before the August 1st deadline, Cox Communications has begun allowing customers to self-install CableCARDs, according to this post on TiVo Community from Sunday. They’ve even released self-install guides to help users with their Cisco or Motorola … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Ready To Rumble! Virgin Media TiVo vs V+ HD vs Sky +HD 1TB vs BT Vision+

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

This is something for our UK readers, The Virgin Media TiVo Blog has compiled a comparison pitting the Virgin Media TiVo, V+ HD, Sky +HD 1TB, and BT Vision+ against each other in a winner take all, no holds barred, … Continue reading →

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